The Drying Rack can dry most Meats and most Fish into Jerky, Small Jerky, or Monster Jerky. Kelp Fronds can be dried on the Drying Rack to obtain Dried Kelp Fronds. Dried food items take significantly longer to spoil and often provide better Health and Sanity compared to raw food used in the rack or their cooked versions.
Unlike the results of Cooking, the dried food created will always be completely fresh. This means a spoiled Morsel can be dried to get a completely fresh piece of Small Jerky. Dried food left on the Drying Rack will spoil over time. Rain will prevent any items on the Drying Rack from drying, making it less effective in Spring.
The Woven - Elegant Butcher's Rack skin was introduced during the official Year of the Carrat event in 2020.
The Woven - Elegant Victorian Meat Rack skin was introduced during the official Year of the Beefalo event in 2021.
Woven - Elegant Butcher's Rack A very normal piece of food prep equipment that isn't disconcerting at all. See ingame
Woven - Elegant Hanging Bar An exercise bar is the perfect thing for toughening up your food. See ingame
Woven - Elegant Victorian Meat Rack A distinguished display for fine dried meats. See ingame
Woven - Elegant Archaic Meat Rack Archaeologists speculate that the meat found on this drying rack was way past the expiration date. See ingame
Tips
Drying Racks are very useful for storing Meats. Jerky and Small Jerky take 20 days to completely spoil, while Meat and Morsel will spoil in 6 days, and cooked Meat/Morsel will spoil in 10 days. Storing any kind of jerky in the Ice Box will give 40 days before they spoil, allowing the player to focus on concerns other than gathering fresh food.
It is a good idea to build some racks early on (i.e. before the first Winter). The player may then store meat on the Drying Racks ready for the Winter, which will easily last throughout Winter once picked. Additionally, the Jerky versions provide improved stats over regular and cooked Meats.
Drying a Fish, Frog Legs, or Drumstick will turn them into Small Jerky, which prevents it from being used as a specific ingredient for certain Crock Pot meals, such as Fish Sticks (which needs fish) or Froggle Bunwich (which needs frog legs).
All the meat listed above can still be dried during winter. This is a very useful method for restoring health and sanity.
Trivia
Even though the Koalefant Trunk counts as meat, it cannot be hung on the Drying Rack.
The Hermit Drying Rack was introduced to Don't Starve Together in the She Sells Sea Shells update.
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